Looking Back

Vintage pictures two weeks ago of The Shell Factory, which started in 1937 in Bonita Springs, brings this classic photo of "a classic tourist trap'' on the east side of Old U.S. 41 and the south side of Terry Street across from the former Orange Dome citrus stand that went on to become a tavern. "No relation to The Shell Factory,'' says Bonita Mayor Ben Nelson. "This picture is from early 1960. I remember it well from my childhood.'' A Hess gas station is there now.